Comparison

Fx Stencil vs Photo Composer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fx Stencil

Transform your photos into unique stencil art. Easily edit, customize colors, and apply gradients to create personalized designs for printing on various materials or sharing with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Create stencils from photos
  • Edit and customize stencils
  • Gradient stencil effects
  • Save and share stencils
  • Simple drawing tools
  • Invert stencil option
Features
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Fx Stencil lets you make a stencil from photo you takes or from your photo album.Very simple and quick. You can edit, share on facebook, save to your album or mail it to your friends and family. With a stencil you can use to print on the wall, clothes, fabric or make amazing gifts that imbued with your own personality. New features with version 3.3.0 - Support Dark mode - New Design UI for app - New core processing - More color for stencil - New Gradient stencil - Save your stencil - Share stencil to social networks and some action for stencil - Crop Image - Custom color - More tool - A simple drawing tools to help you edit image stencil. - Invert Stencil Wish you have fun with Fx Stencil. Sincerely!

About

Photo Composer

Easily create artistic and funny photo compositions and collages. Precisely cut out subjects, manipulate backgrounds, and add various elements like text, shapes, and stickers. Apply filters and blending effects for stunning social media-ready images.

Highlights
  • Layer-based photo editing
  • Precise background removal
  • Add text, shapes, and stickers
  • Apply filters and blend modes
  • Create clipping masks
  • Export to HEIC, JPEG, PNG
Features
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Turn your photos into artistic or funny artworks quickly and easily on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Unleash your creativity and create stunning photo compositions and collages by adding and composing layers with images, backgrounds, patterns, colors, shapes, stickers and text. With just one touch, you can precisely cut out people from the photo and remove, change or blur the background. In addition, you can easily erase (mask) the contents of each layer with the eraser brush. Place two layers on top of each other and create creative clipping masks from photos, text, shapes and stickers. With easy-to-apply filters and blending effects, create quickly eye-catching compositions and messages perfect for sharing on your social media. Thanks to the integrated filter preview for the selected photo layer, you can quickly find the effect or filter you want. Partially delete (mask) the filter effect and leave parts of the photo untouched by the filter. Find matching colors for your composition in the predefined color and gradient palettes. You can export your artwork to a HEIC, JPEG or PNG image with transparency. Download the free version of the app and try out all the features. There is a limit to the number of compositions and available layers per composition in the free version. Upgrading to an unlimited number of compositions and layers is possible through the In-App Purchase „Premium Access“. Main Features: • Edit photos and create image compositions with a layer based photo and image editor • Precise select and cut out people in the photo • Easily erase background, blur background or apply creative filters to the background • Erase (mask) each layer with erasing brushes • Create clipping masks by positioning one layer over another layer and clip the contents in the layer boundaries. • Use cut out people, text, shape or sticker to create the clipping mask. • Choose from a selection of predefined crop factor image sizes for exporting to social media like Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. • Add text and set the text style attributes like: - text font - text color - text outline color and width - text background color - text shadow color, shadow radius, and shadow x- and y- offset • Add vector based shapes and choose: - shape fill color - shape fill pattern - shape shadow • Add stickers • Use Blend Modes to blend colors of overlapping layers • Apply creative filters to photos from the filters collection: - Blur: • Gaussian Blur • Motion blur • Zoom blur - Stylize: • Pixelate • Pointilize • Hexagonal Pixelate • Crystalize • Comic Effect • Dot Screen • Line Screen • Hatched Screen • Edge Work • Edges - Color Adjustment: • Sepia Tone • Color invert • Color posterize • Color Threshold • X-Ray • Morphology Gradient • Spot Color • Thermal

Screenshots

Fx Stencil4 screens
Photo Composer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Photo Composer at 5.0 against Fx Stencil's 4.5. Photo Composer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Fx Stencil's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Photo Composer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Composer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fx Stencil versus Photo Composer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFx StencilPhoto Composer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien Lesunata UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)

Customer experience

Fx Stencil

All ratings1,011 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative50.6%

Photo Composer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Fx Stencil

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Only lets you do one stencil
  • App closes when selecting photo
  • Zooms in to one corner
  • Doesn't display entire picture

Requested features

4 requests
  • Two-tone image options
  • Ability to add more photos
  • Bring back old invert option
  • Allow access to photo albums

Photo Composer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fx Stencil

One-time4
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • Add Picker Color$0.99
  • Gradient Stencil$0.99
Show 1 more
  • Remove Advertisement$2.99
1 purchases

Photo Composer

One-time1
  • Premium access$5.99

Questions

Is Fx Stencil free?
Fx Stencil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Composer free?
Photo Composer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fx Stencil or Photo Composer?
Photo Composer is rated higher. Fx Stencil averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Photo Composer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Fx Stencil or Photo Composer have ads?
Neither Fx Stencil nor Photo Composer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fx Stencil or Photo Composer?
Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, and Photo Composer every 2 months. Most recently, Fx Stencil was updated on October 23, 2026 and Photo Composer on October 20, 2026.

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